different between dissipated vs irreclaimable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s?pe?t?d/

Verb

dissipated

1. simple past tense and past participle of dissipate

   James dissipated his savings with all of his addictions.

Adjective

dissipated

1. Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.

Synonyms

• dissolute
• intemperate

Translations

English

Etymology

ir- +? reclaimable

Adjective

irreclaimable

1. Incapable of being reclaimed; not reclaimable.

   irreclaimable land

2. Unredeemable.

   an irreclaimable criminal

   • 1836, Grantley Berkeley, Berkeley Castle: An Historical Romance (volume 1, page 174)

     Even then, Wingfield endeavoured to retain the hawk by the substitution of another — young Kate, as he called her, a wild, raking bird as ever flew, whose kitish propensities had, some time before, led him to give her up as irreclaimable.

Derived terms

• irreclaimably

References

• irreclaimable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irreclaimable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.